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If you want to learn from biographies of leaders, from their inspirations, about their traits, maybe tricks, read about Lincoln, […]
We all live and work in bureaucratic organizations. The differences between us is the dose. In today’s world, bureaucracy is […]
At a conference I attended, the very sharp mind of Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, ex HP, ex Nokia, reminded […]
How do people change their mind? How can we influence people to change their minds? Well, any of us will […]
Following on from one of the topics discussed during yesterday’s thought-provoking webinar on The Myths of Management – leadership and […]
In our world of management, and in terms of understanding how we mobilize people at scale, we are always behind […]
Three bad news people: People who sell discontent. They become experts. You may have an entire internal sales force of […]
I know it will happen. I’m certain. It’s nothing to do with trust. Trust requires uncertainty. I trust […]
Mastering healthy tension between them, or surrendering to an ‘impossible alignment’ is a choice for leaders and managers. The worse […]
There is something only you can live: your life. Socrates said that ‘the unexamined life is not worth living’. Being […]
I was told, many years ago, by somebody very close to the old Microsoft management, in Bill Gates times, that […]
The Good Mechanics of Continuous Improvement have given us a culture of feedback. Feedback is worshipped. There is a whole […]
Imagine this situation, which I am sure you have never come across. Just kidding. A ‘project’ (not necessarily defined as […]
If you were to list your most important people assets, above the best set of skills and competences, above the […]
A CEO asked me recently: what do you do with a manager who does not embrace or support change, in […]
Extracts taken from my book The Flipping Point. A flipping point in the trend for adopting absurd management ideas needs to […]
I’ve written several times about the tired distinction between management and leadership. It had its logic and purpose, and made […]
The great Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset wrote about the early 20th Century Spanish society as being ‘led by people who […]
Continuous culture shaping within an organization equals social movement: large scale behavioural and cultural change, for a purpose, powered by […]
Some organizations that are very good at (external) marketing, are terrible at internal. Grand market(ing) plans, but can’t sell a […]
